Re: my new purchase(s) OT

[Mash <type53@yahoo.com>]

--- Dave Novak <toastworks@hotmail.com> wrote:
> A1^-1 < BX^2
> 
> With a gracious loan from a friend, I've bounced
> back from the bicycle scene 
> to the VW scene.
> 
> Last Sunday I bought a pair of Fox wagons (woo!).. a
> driver and a fixer. 
> Cool cars, I might add. Unfortunately not nearly as
> quick as the old beat up 
> rocco.
> 
> Question: The Foxes (foxen?) have 1.8l engines, just
> like the roccos... Why 
> do the Fox 1.8's put out only 84hp? I feel like I
> got jipped..

Here's the main reason: the Fox motor has 38/33 valves
whereas the Scirocco 8V has 40/33 valves.



=====
Mark Peele
1985 Scirocco, 1982 Scirocco, 1981 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
http://www.scirocco2.de/mark.htm
Direct Mail: SCIROCCO_GTX@YAHOO.COM
Need parts? try http://www.parts4vws.com/ (Potterman)
or http://www.germanautoparts.com/ (Adirondack)

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